Legs Running the Show
Time to get back to business today. Got up early and set out to do the dreaded Bloody Nipple loop.
Ran into KJ/Silas on Spruce Street and we ran down to the Art Museum together, speaking of racing and training regimens. With the daylight saving time, it now gets light just as I leave the house, and there was a beautiful pinkish/purplish sunrise over Center City.
Once we parted, I shifted it into high gear but couldn't quite get there speedwise. The MLK miles went in 5:53, 5:52, 5:49 (I think I'm gaining here), and 5:53 for 4 miles in 23:27. Not quite tempo pace but I swear my legs just set the pace and promptly ignored any messages my brain was sending it. Anaerobically I felt fine, but when the legs speak I have little choice but to listen.
But for the next segment I got that Radnor feeling back and cruised up the BN, hitting the summit in 8:41 and just hammering it over to Belmont Plateau for a total time of 16:10. Both of these are up there with the fastest times I have recorded for these checkpoints. So who knows what my legs were thinking.
So a mixed bag this morning, but it goes a long way toward my feeling back in the groove again. I really like hitting this loop hard, but only after I've done it and got it in the logbook.
Ran into KJ/Silas on Spruce Street and we ran down to the Art Museum together, speaking of racing and training regimens. With the daylight saving time, it now gets light just as I leave the house, and there was a beautiful pinkish/purplish sunrise over Center City.
Once we parted, I shifted it into high gear but couldn't quite get there speedwise. The MLK miles went in 5:53, 5:52, 5:49 (I think I'm gaining here), and 5:53 for 4 miles in 23:27. Not quite tempo pace but I swear my legs just set the pace and promptly ignored any messages my brain was sending it. Anaerobically I felt fine, but when the legs speak I have little choice but to listen.
But for the next segment I got that Radnor feeling back and cruised up the BN, hitting the summit in 8:41 and just hammering it over to Belmont Plateau for a total time of 16:10. Both of these are up there with the fastest times I have recorded for these checkpoints. So who knows what my legs were thinking.
So a mixed bag this morning, but it goes a long way toward my feeling back in the groove again. I really like hitting this loop hard, but only after I've done it and got it in the logbook.
posted by seebo | 8:57 AM
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